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China’s steel bar exports increase by 42.2 percent in 2015

In December last year, China’s export volumes of steel bars, angles/channels, wire rods and steel plates amounted to 4.57 million mt, 470,000 mt, 210,000 mt, and 4.36 million mt, up 21.1 percent, down 4.5 percent, rising by 3.5 percent, and decreasing by 1.6 percent, respectively, year on year, as announced by Chinese customs. In 2015, China’s export volumes of steel bars, angles/channels, wire rods and steel plates totaled 43.90 million mt, 5.42 million mt, 2.29 million mt, and 48.46 million mt, increasing by 42.2 percent, 14.0 percent, 5.7 percent and 11.0 percent, respectively, year on year.

In December last year, China exported 10.66 million mt of finished steel, up 4.8 percent year on year, while the finished steel export volume in 2015 totaled 112.40 million mt, rising by 19.9 percent year on year, as previously announced by Chinese customs.